Category Archives: Gaza

The World’s Shame: How Global Leaders Chose Silence Over Gaza’s Children

Phalapoem editor, 8/10/25 As of this writing, over 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza. Among them are 1,000 infants — babies who never had a chance to take their first steps or speak their first words. This is not … Continue reading

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 5a: Handala and the Mirror of Silence

Phalapoem editor, 08/10/25 Scene: A cracked mirror under a red sky. The faint hum of drones replaces birdsong. A barefoot boy — Handala — stands with his back turned, arms folded, forever ten. Before him stands the reflection of Israeli … Continue reading

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The Death of Empathy: How Israeli Society Turned Away from Genocide in Gaza

Phalapoem editor, 07/10/25 After nearly two years of relentless Israeli bombardment, genocide, siege, and starvation in Gaza, much of Israeli society and media appear trapped in a bubble of selective empathy. News outlets and public discourse remain overwhelmingly focused on … Continue reading

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In Handala’s Playground: Season 2, Episode 4: Meeting in Downing Street

Phalapoem editor, 07/10/25 Handala (the small boy with his back turned, bare feet on cold marble): Two years of children buried in rubble, two years of mothers digging with their hands. Twenty thousand little bodies. And now—only now—you recognise my … Continue reading

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Israeli Occupation: The Serial Animal Killer 

The zoo, part of the Al-Bisan recreational park in Jabalya, was hit multiple times during Israeli airstrikes. The three monkeys were some of the few lucky animals to survive the blitz in Gaza as many were killed in explosions or … Continue reading

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The Normalization of Israeli Killing in Palestine: How Daily Massacres in Gaza Became the World’s Indifference

Phalapoem editor, 07/10/25 In Gaza, the unthinkable has become daily life. Reports indicate that approximately 100 Palestinians are being killed by Israeli occupation army every day, yet this staggering loss of life seems to barely ripple the consciousness of the … Continue reading

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The Only Way to End Israel’s Genocide

By Chris Hedges There is only one way to end the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It is not through bilateral negotiations. Israel has amply demonstrated, including with the assassination of the lead Hamas negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, that it has no interest … Continue reading

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Israeli hero who refused to kill Palestinian kids

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Israeli Apartheid Held Hostage: How Netanyahu and the Far Right Have Turned a Nation into Their Property

Phalapoem editor, 21/09/25 For decades, Israeli apartheid has been a country of sharp political divisions, and has always been captured by a radical majority . Under the iron grip of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition of ultra-nationalist, religious-right … Continue reading

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246 Journalists Murdered by Israeli Occupational Forces During the War on Gaza 

Background Journalism is in the process of being eradicated in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel’s refusal to heed calls to protect media personnel. The situation is dire for Palestinian journalists trapped in the enclave, where ten have been … Continue reading

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